Machine for making pins for artificial teeth.



I. DIMELOW.

'MACHINE FOR-MAKING PINS FOR ARTIFICIAL TEETH.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I1, 1913.

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MACHINE FOR MAKING PINS FOR ARTIFICIAL TEETH. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. II, I913.

1,176,948. I: Patented Mar. 28,1916.

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MACHINE FOR MAKING PINS FOR ARTIFICIAL TEETH.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. H. 1913.

1,176,948. Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

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MACHINE FOR MAKING PINS FOR ARTIFICIAL TEETH.

APPUCATION FILED SEPT. 11. 1913.

1 ,176,948. Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

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JAMES DIMELOV], OF YORK, PENFISYLVANIA, ASSIGNOB TO THE DENTISTS SUPPLY COMPANY, A CCRPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

MACHINE FOR MAKING- PINS FDR ARTIFICIAL TEETH.

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Application filed September 11, 1913. Serial No. 789,228.

Machines for Making Pins. for Artificial- Teeth, of-which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the manufacture of pins for dental work, said pins being utilized to secure an artificial tooth to a suitable strip or plate and generally, though not always, being molded directly into the tooth during its construction.

The invention relates more particularly to a machine for automatically carrying-out the several steps necessary to the formation ofa tooth pin as a complete article of manufacture, and hasfor an-object to'provide a machine to which the pin material is fed in the form of a 'wire or the like, to be'automatically cut, worked and shaped so that, after the-series .of novel steps have been performed, the finished article is discharged or ejected from the machine.

It has for a further object to provide a novel form of guiding, clamping and cutting mechanism iwhereby the material is properly positioned with respect to the cut ting device, held and thereafter severed in predetermined lengths.

It also consists of a novel head formmg mechanism, operating in conjunction with the clamping mechanism, whereby the pin is automatically provided'with a head of suitable size and contour for the purposes intended. l 7

It further consists of a novel carrying or conveyer device, by means of which the partially completed pins are removed from one partof the machine and delivered to another part where the finishing operations take place. 7 7

'As a further adjunct of my invention I have devised a novel swaging or point forming apparatus operating automatically at a certain time'in the cycle of operations and adapted to successively coact with the partially completed pins;

It further consists of other novel features, all of which will hereinafter be fully set forth. 7

Figure 1 represents a plan of a dental pin machine embodying my invention; Fig. 2 represents a vertical section on line AA of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 represents a section on line B-B of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 represents a section on line-C-O of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 represents a section on line DD of Fig. 1; Fig. 6 represents a section on line EE of Fig. 1; Fig. 7 represents a section of the automatic swaging mechanism; Fig. 8 represents an end elevation of the automatic swaging mechanism; Fig. 9 represents an enlarged detail of one side of a swaging jaw; Fig. 10 represents the material after the heading operatlon; Fig. 11 represents the pin headed and cut to the desired length and Fig. 12

represents the complete pin.

Slmrlar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts. i

l designates the bed of my novel pin machine, the same as. here shown, being supported on suitable standards 2 and carrying journal boxes 3 for the shaft 4 which may be driven from any suitable source of power transmitted by way of the fixed pulley 5.

6 designates a hub keyed or otherwise secured to the shaft to rotate therewith and "carrying a side face cam 7 adapted, during its rotation, to contact with the roller- 8 of an arm 9 pivoted at 10. to thebed l. The outer end of the said arm 9 is bifurcated as shown at 11' and straddles a post 12, slidingly mounted in an opening 13. provided for the purpose in the bed 1. Preferably the 'post12 has a plate 14: formed integral therewith which seats on,.or has bearing engagementiwith, the upper surface of the bed, while a second plate 15 is suitably bolted to the bed-interfitting portion of the post and forms a guide to bear upon the lower surface. of the bed. In order to per-nit the proper relative movement between the said post and the bed 1, the opening 13 is pro portionately greater than the width or diameter of the post and the length of the stroke of the said post may be varied by means of the adjusting screw 16 which is threaded into the bed and may be locked by the nut 17.

18 designates a spring secured at one end to a part 19 fixed to the bed and at the other aforesaid guide is transversely divided for a portion of its length and projects at one side of the post 12 in order to expose the Wire 23 to the action of a gripping jaw 24: which, 1n the present instance, is pivoted at 25 to an extension 26 of the post 12. The

arm, 27, of which the jaw 2 1 forms a part,

projects beyond the pivot point 25, and is there connected by a fastening member 28 to a lever 29, preferably of spring steel, which extends adjacent the hub G, and there carries a downwardly projecting lug 30 which normally rides in a groove 31 of the aforesaid hub 6. The function of this groove is to maintain the lever 29 in proper position and prevent side displacement thereof when actuated by the rotation of the hub 6 and the cam element forming a part thereof. Adjacent the lug 30, there is a' finger 32 which normally rests upon the periphery of the hub 6, thereby holding the endof the lever 29 in fixed position to maintain the jaw 2 1- closed to grip the wire or 'material 23. In order to provide for releasing the wire at certain times, a cam slot 33 is cut in the periphery of the hub 63, and so located as to receive the finger 32 during the rotation of the hub, this construction causing the end of the lever 29 to drop by gravity, and consequently raise, or release the jaw 24c, as will be readily understood.

The operation of the foregoing parts will be understood when it is stated that the wire 23 is fed to the guide 21 by any suitable means, and when accurately positioned therein, it is gripped by the jaw 24 so as to movewith the post 12 at the time the lever 9 is actuated by the cam 7 Of course, the parts are returned to normal position by the action of the spring 18, previously described, as soon as the cam 7 disengages the roller 8. Adjacent the post, 12, there is a Ystandard or bracket 34 having fixed therein,

in any suitable manner, a bushing or tubular guide 35 which is normally in alinement with the guide 21 of the post 12, the parts being so related that a movement of the post 12 toward the bracket 3 1 causes the wire 23 to be fed through the guide bushing 35.

86 and 87 designate, respectively, clamping jaw members positioned at opposite sides of the path of movement of the wire 23, and adjacent the discharge point of the bushing 35, the arrangement being such that as the wire 23 emerges from the bushing 35 under a feeding action, it passes between th aforesaid jaws andis gripped and held fast by them through the operation of the following mechanism: The jaw 36, is removably and adjustably 'carried by an extension 38 of a head 39, the latter passmgthrough a slot 40 of the bed 1 and comprising the base plate 41, angle member 12 and bar 43, the latter also extending through the slotflO and having a lug 44c projectingtoward the extension 38. A second jaw 37 is removably and adjustably secured to the lug 4%. It

will be understood that vthe two jaws are" adapted to move together, back and forth, at predetermined times and conveya. severed portion of the wire 23 to another part being understood that the said rollers are suitably pivoted to parts of the head 39.

While s before stated, the two jaws are adapted to move together at certain times, provision is also made for relative movement therebetween, in order that they may I be opened to receive a pin portion ofthe w1re, closed, and then later opened again to discharge the pin. For this purpose, I have provided a series of levers actuated by a cam for moving the, jaw' 37at the desired;

This con-- time, as will now be explained. struction comprises an arm 18' secured to or forming an extension of the bar' l3, and carrying on the apertured end thereof a turn-buckle link 49 pivoted at 50 to a bell crank lever 51, which latter is pivoted at 52'- to the extension 53 of the opposite side of the head 39.v The bell crank 51 in turn is bolted at 54 to the cam lever 55, the end of which is located in thc pathof movement of the cam 56 fixed to the shaft 4. In connection with this construction," it will be i noted that the bar 13 is preferably of spring steel, in order to give underthe cam action and this springing or giving action is sufficient to shift the jaw 37 away from the jaw 36 at the proper time in the cycle of operations, to release the severed portion of the wire. Attention is directed to the'fact that I preferably 50 design the cam 56 that the jaw 37 is held open until both jaws 36 and 87 are brought back to the initial position adjacent the feed guide bushing'35 and a new piece of material fed between them;

Inorder to positively effect the return of the jaw 37 to its strongest gripping relation with the jaw 36, a wiper cam 57 is suitably positioned above the cam lever 55 in order to contact therewith at certain times, the said cam 57 being fixed to a rock shaft 58 suitably j ournaled in brackets 59 while upon the end of said rock shaft there is an arm'60 carrying a roller 61. adapted to ride upon the cam face 63 of a cam (it, this latterbeing mounted to rotate with the shaft 4'.

65 designates a knife or cutter blade mounted for reciprocating movement adjacent the j aw member 36 and adapted to pass at certain times across the face of the guide bushing in order to sever the wire at the desired time. This blade 65 is adjustably fixed to a plate 66 mounted for sliding movement on the bracket 67, and connected by means of the bolt 68 with the slotted end 69 of a camleverTO. A spring 71is.secured at one end to the bolt 68, and at the opposite end to a post 72 or like part fixed to the bed 1, this serving to return the shearing blade to normal position after a cutting operation. The movement of the blade is effected in the present instance by 7 means of a cam 73 keyed or otherwise-se- With the severed, partially be seen that, as the pulley a cured to the shaft a and adapted to engage a trip 74 fixed to the lever '70, this latter, as will be apparent from Fig. 4-, having its free end supported and guided by a suitable post 75. It will be noted that the slotted end 69 provides for readjustment of the shearing blade with respect to the ad jacent parts. V

76 designates a reciprocable hammer fixedly secured to a plate 7 7 mounted for sliding movement in the guides '7 8 of the bed 1, the said plate 77 being normally held in one position by means of a spring 79 bearing at one end against a lug 8O ofthe bed 1, and at the opposite end against the head 81 of a inember'threaded into the aforesaid plate 77. 82 designates a lever arm suitably fixed to the plate 77 and having one end pivoted 83 to the bed 1, while its opposite end carrise a trip member 8 1- normally' held in the pathiof movement of a roller 85 carried by the pulley5. By this construction, it will revolves, the arm 82 will be intermittently struck by the roller 85, so thatthe hammer 7 6 is driven forcibly against the alined end-of the wire 23 and'upsets a headthereon, after which the spring 79 returns the parts to normal position.

Following the heading operation just'de- "scribed, the cutting knife or'rblade is predetermlned length actuated and severe a of material, which has been previously fed through the guide member 35, and'the severed portion is of course heldagainst displacement by means of the jaws 36' and 37. formed pin in this position, the cam-4.5 is .in position to ne'mber' engage and actuate the roller 47, so that the head 89 is shifted to the left, as shown in Fig. 2, thereby advancing the two jaws 36 and 87 simultaneously and without'releasing their hold upon the pin. At the end of the stroke of the aforesaid head39, the partially formed pin is positioned in alinement with a chuck member 86 which in the present instance comprises a pair of jaws 87 slidingly mounted in a rotary head 88, and normally held spaced apart by means of a spring 89 seated in an opening 90 formed in the respective jaw members 87. In connection with the jaws 87, it will be noted that the outer or projecting end of each is provided with a tapered opening 91 of substantially the same contour as desired to form the point of the pin under construc tion. 'Zlhe head 88 is, preferably, formed integral with a shaft 92 suitably mounted in bearings. 93, the latter being adjustably carried by the bed 1 through the provision of a. slot 9%, plate 95, vertical guideways 96 and the adjusting screw 97 and bolt 98. It will be understood from the foregoing that the bearing 93 may be either vertically or horizontally adjusted, according as the 97 or 98 is manipulated. 99 designates a gear keyed or otherwise secured to the shaft 92, and normally in mesh with a gear 100 carried by a spindle 101 which is driven from any suitable source of power by means of the pulley 102.

103 designates a bracket fixed to the bed 1, and having a stop adjusting screw 10% passing therethrough and'into contact with a bracket 105 whereby movement of the latter is limited in one direction. In order to seat the partially completed pin within the aforesaid chuck, and in proper relation to the jaws 87, the shaft 92 is mounted for longitudinal movement through the aforesaid bearing 93, this movement, in thepresent instance being transmitted through the medium of a bracket 105 mounted for sliding movement upon the bed 1, and having a stud 106 passing therethrough and normally in contact with the end of said shaft 92. To this bracket, a lever 107 is bolted or otherwise secured, the said lever being suitably pivoted at 108 to the bed 1 and having its opposite end provided with a cam finger 109 projecting into the path of movewithin it. The face of'the member 113 is radially grooved as shown in Fig. 8, to receive a plurality of fingers 114, the inner ends of which are curved and project into the path of movement of a roller 115 carried respectively by each of the jaws 87, and it will therefore be apparent that as the I head 88 revolves, the aforesaid jaws will jaws 36 and 37 to receive the material, as

shown in Fig. 7.

116 designates a holder rod fixed to a pivoted arm 117 and adjusted thereon by providing a thread and nut connection 118, the outer end of the said arm 117 having fixed .thereto one end of a spring 119, the other 7 end of which is secured to a fixedbracket 7 direction. This arm 117 is moved against the tension of the spring by means of a lug 120, carrying the stop member 121 to limit the movement of the aforesaid arm in one 122, fixed thereon and positioned in the path of movement of a trip 123, here shown as secured to a portion of the reciprocating head 39. The object of the holder rod 116 is to advance, at the proper time in the cycle of operations, and rest against the head portion of the partially completed pin at the moment the unfinished end thereof is engaged by the reciprocable jaw members of the head 88, thereby maintaining the pin locked against longitudinal movement during the swaging operation. As soon as the pin has been pointed by the foregoing operation, the lever 107 retracts the head 113 and the cam 45 picks up the cam roller 46 and returns the carrier jaws 36 and 37 to their initial position. During this return movement, one aw is moved relatively to e the other so as to eject or permit the pin to be discharged from the machine.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The wire or material 23 is manually or automatically fed into the guide 21 and the machine may now be set in operation so that the gripping jaw 2 1 grasps and clamps the material in the guide upon the movable post 12. As soon as this action takes place, the cam 7 actuates the lever 9 and causes the post 12 to move toward the bracket 31 against the tension of the spring 18, and thereby advancing the wire 23 a certain predetermined distance through the jaws 36 and 37. The cams controlling these jaws thereupon actuate'the parts so that the wire is securely clamped in position, and at this instant the cam7 releases the lever 9 so that the post 12 returns by spring 18 to its original position. 7 With the wire 23 held in clamping position, the hammer rod 76 is actuated by the pulley roller 85, striking the trip 81 and shifting the lever 82 against the V ger 71,- thereby shifting the lever 70 and causing the knife blade to cut the material andsever the predetermined desired length.

During'the foregoing steps the material guide post 12 has been returned under the action of the spring. 18, thereby moving relatively to the material wire 23, in order to obtain another grip upon a new portion of the material so that the foregoing operation may be immediately repeated. WVhile this is taking place, the cam 15 engages the roller 17 and shifts the head 39 so that the jaws 36 and 37 carrying the pin, are moved rearwardlv and into alinement with the jaws 87 of the rotatable head 88. Then this point is reached, the cam 45 is in such a position that the head 39 cannot move in either direction and the head is ready for the part to be formed by the swaging operation.

This operation consists in the advancement of the holder rod116 through the contact of the trip 123 with the lug'122 so that the rod 116 bearsagainst the formed head of the pin and prevents the latter from being pushed out of the jaws 36 and 37 when the head 88 advances to encircle the projecting end of the pin. The camI110 nowv contacts with the lug V109 moving the lever 107 so" that the head 88 is held asufficient length of time in operative relation with the pin,

and during this time the head 88 is con tinuously rotating through the medium of the power transmitted by thepulley 102, shaft 101 and gears 100 and 99. The rotation of the head 88, as. before -'described,-

causes the jaws 87 to be intermittently driven together, thereby imparting a continuous series of hammer or swaging blows to the pin, the result of which gives the desired point to the article. As the finger 109 is released fromthe'cam 110, the lever,

107 is returned to normal position, through the medium of the spring 111, and consequently the completed pin is released from the chuck jaws though still held by the clamping members-36 and 37. At this time, the cam 45 strikes the roller 46 to cause the head 89 to begin its return movement to re ceiveanother piece of material. It will be noted that some means are necessary to release the completed pin from the clamping members before another piece of material can be picked up, and for this purpose provide the wiper arm 55 which is adapted to be engaged by the cam 56, thereby turning the bell crank 51 toward the left, as shown in Fig. 2, and through the turn buckle bar 19, exertingsufficient pressure on the standard 48 so as to cause the spring arm l3 tobend and carry the jaw 37 with it. It will be understood that this movement is a very slight one, but still sufficient to permit the finished pin to drop by gravity from the jaws 86 and 37 and fall out of the machine. The continued movement of the shaft a causes the cam 64 to engage the roller 61, and thereby rock thespindle 58 so that the wiper arm 57 strikes the upper side of the arm 55 to return theijaw 87 into gripping relation with the jaw 36 at the moment a new piece of material is forced through the guide bushing 35.

In accordance with the foregoing description, it will be understood that the material or wire is intermittently fed to the machine, there headed, out and afterward conveyed to the swaging mechanism, where a suitable point is formed on the pin, after which the swaging head is withdrawn, and on the return movement of the jaws 36 and 37 the completed pin'is released and drops by gravity. In this manner one partially formed pin follows another in quick succession through the several operations performed by the machine, withthe result that a large number of pins can be completed in a minimum amount of time, while all thepins are uniform in size, are eachaccurately headed, and all provided with a sharpened end. It will be noted, however, that the machine may be used with theomission of-the swaging mechanism, as in some instances it is desirable to utilize an unpointed pin in the work for which the pins are intended, and therefore by simply disconnecting or removing the swaging chuck, together with its adjuncts, the pin-forming operation will be completed as soon as the headed wire or material has been cut by the automatically actuated knife blade 65. r It will now be apparent that I have devised a completeunitary structure whereby gold orplatinum wire, or wire formed of any suitable material, may be automatically operated upon to form a pin suitable for use in dental purposes, and in generalsuch P1118111 commercial use have their head ends molded or embedded in the material of which an artificial tooth is composed. That is to say, the head end of one of the pins, formed-by my novel mechanism, is placed in suitable position in the mold for a tooth, and then the tooth material is worked into the mold, so that when it is baked and converted into an artificial tooth, the point of the pin remains projecting from the tooth a sufficient distance to form a tie or binding means by which the tooth is fixedly secured to a plate by means of solder or the like. I have previously referred to the contemplated use of pins of-this type without having them pointed by the swaging adjuncts of my machine, and commercially such unpointed pins are frequently used by securing the unpointed end of the pin to the tooth by soldering to an anchor inserted into the tooth during the molding operation, thus leaving the head projecting exterior of the completed tooth, so that it may form a tie means when surrounded by rubber or the like.

It will now be apparent that I have devised a novel and useful construction which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description, and while I have in the present instance shown and described the preferred embodiment thereof which has been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible of modification in various particulars without.

departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages except as defined bythe claims;

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a machine of the character stated, a bed, a shaft rotatably mounted thereon, a cam fixed to said shaft, a head mounted for sliding movementvwith respect to said bed and reciprocated by said cam, a clamping jaw adjustably mounted on one portion of said head, a second clamping jaw similarly mounted on another portion of said head and in opposed relation to said firstjaw, means for shifting said jaws relatively to each other to clamp and hold the blank formed from the material to be treated, a material guide fixed to said bed and positioned adjacent the meeting point of said jaws, automatic means for intermittently feeding .a predetermined length of material through said guide member, a heading device for upsetting the endof said material, means actuated during the rotation of said shaft for severing said predetermined length of material held between the jaws to form the blank, and means for shifting the clampingjaws to deliver the headed blank out of alinement with said heading device.

2. In a machine of the character stated, a bed, a shaft rotatably mounted thereon, a cam fixed to said shaft, a head mounted for 7 sliding movement with respect to said bed,

said head embodying an arm of spring material, means earned by sa1d head and located in the path of movement of said cam for causing said head to be reciprocated, a

clamping jaw adjustably carried by one portion'of said head, a second clamping jaw 'adjustably carried by said spring arm,

' 3. Ina machine of the character stated, a bed, a shaft rotatably'mounted thereon, a

material guide fixedto said bed, means to feed a suitable material through said guide,

means actuated by the movement of said shaft for forming ahead on said material,

a cutting mechanism for severing a predetermined length of said material, an annular member mounted adjacent to but out of alinement with said guide, a rotatable head within said annular member and having'an aXis out of alinement with said material guide, means independent of said shaft for rotating said head, a palr of swaging aws islidably mounted in said head and having swaging grooves extending only part way through, a spring dlrectly between the swaging dies for normally holding said aws apart, a plurality of pins radially and adjustably carried by said annular member and having their inner ends convexedly rounded and held stationary in the path of movement of said swaging jaws, whereby said jaws receive a reciprocatory movement, means to lock said pins in adjusted position, and means to automatically deliver a sevcred length of said material to the swaging dies.

4. In a device of the character, stated, a

bed, a guide member fixedly secured thereto,

a clamping device positioned adjacent the discharge end of said guide member for holding the blank to be headedduring the heading operation, automatic means for operating said clamping device, means to feed apredetermined length of material to constitute the blank through said guide member and partly through said clamping device preliminary to the clamping operation, a hammer movably mounted on said bed and adapted to engage the projecting end of said blank at a predetermined time to form the head thereon, a spring for normally holding said hammer retracted from said clamping device and the blank held therein,

a shaft rotatably' mounted on said'bed,"a

cam operated mechanism'controlledby the movement of said shaft for "shifting said hammer and causing it to impact' with-said blank-to form a suitable headthereon, means to move said clamping device and convey the headed blank to a position of delivery out of alinement with said hammer,- and means to impart a relative movement of said clamping'jaws to release said headed blank at the proper time.

5. In a machine ofthe'character stated, a reciprocatable head having two clamping jaws normally forced together by the spring action of the metal of the head, means for forcing the clamping jaws apart by overcoming the springaction of the head, de-

vices for'reciprocating the head and holding it with two periods of rest, timing mechanism for relatively controlling the means and devices, feeding mechanism for feeding a wire between the jaws when forcedapart,

severing devices for severing the wire on one slde of the clamping aws, and formative devices on the other side of the clamping jaws for shaping theend of the wire held by the clamping jaws.

6. In a machine of the' character stated, a reciprocatable head having two clamping jaws normally forced together by'the spring actionof the metal of the head, means for forcing the clamping jaws apart by overvices for reciprocating the head and 'holding it with two periods of rest, timing mech anism for relatively controlling the means and devices,feeding mechanism for feeding coming the spring action of'th e head, dea a wire between the jawswhen forced apart, 7

severing devices for severing the wire on one side of the clamping jaws, formative devices on the otherside of the clamping jaws for shaping the end ofithewirejheld by the clamping aws during one period of rest of the head, and swagmg dev ces for pointing the wire on the end opposite to the end acted upon by the formative devices during the other period of rest of the'head.

'7. In a machine of the character stated, a reciprocable head having two clamping jaws normally forced together by the spring action of the metal of the head, devices for intermittently reciprocating said, head, means for forcing sald ClEtIHPIIIg'JZI-WS apart by overcoming the spring action of the head, feeding mechanism for feeding a wire be-: tween said aws when forced apart, and

formative devices for shapingthe end of the wire held by said clamping jaws.

8. In a machine of the char cter stated,

a reciprocable head having two clamping jaws normallycforced together by the spring action of the metal of the head, devices for intermittently -reciprocating said head,

means operated .in timed ,relation tothe "movement of said head 'for forcing said at one side of said clamping jaws for shap- JAMES DIMELOi/V.

ing the end of the Wire held by said clamp- Witnesses: ing jaws and severing devices located at WILLIAM SMALL, the opposite side of said clamping jaws CHARLES L. RODGERS.

clamping jaws apart by overcoming the for severing the Wire into predetermined spring action of the head, feeding lnechalengths. 10 nism for feeding a' Wire between said jaws In testimony of which invention, I here- When forced apart, a heading device located unto set my hand Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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